Pencil-holder for slate-frames



(No Model.)

J. o HBBRT. PENCIL HOLDER FOR SLATE FRAMES.

No. 416,728. Patented Deo. l0, 1889L @y M @Hnge-ys,

UNITED STATES PATENT .OEEICE.

JOSEPH O. HBERT, OF GRAD RAPIDS, WISCONSIN.

PENCIL-HOLDER FOR sLATE-FRAMES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,728, dated December 10, 1889.

Application filed August Z9, 1889. Serial No. 322,308. (No model.)

'pencil-holders.

The object of the present invention is to provide a holder of simple and inexpensive construction designed to receive a pencil and hold the same when not in use, and adapted to be readily secured to a slate and held in place by the cover thereof.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a slate provided with a pencil-holder constructed in accordance With this invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional View of a portion of the slate-frame. Fig. 3 is a horizontal longitudinal sectional View. Fig. 4 is a transversesectional View of the same. Fig. 5 is a central longitudinal sectional View of a portion of the slate-fram e,

showing both ends of the holder open.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates a slate-frame constructed in the ordinary manner, and having one of its sides, preferably the top piece a,

provided With a holder B, Which is secured in sists of a strip of light material, preferably of some wood to match the slate-frame A, and is provided With a longitudinal bore b, which receives a pencil E and securely holds itin a convenient position. The bore o, Which is slightly larger than the diameter of a slatepencil, may extend entirely through the strip, or may have one end closed, as desired, and it is provided With along flat spring F,which has one of its ends secured to the bottom of the bore. The spring extends nearly the entire length of the bore, and is slightly curved throughout its length, and it engages the pencil and presses the latter against the sides of the bore b, and thereby securely retains it in the holder against accidental displacement.

The bore Z9 may be made in the slate-frame A, and I desire it to be understood that I d0 not limit myself to the precise details of construction herein shoWn and described, as I may, Without departing from the spirit of the invention, make various minor changes therein.

From the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings the construction, operation, and advantages of the invention will JOSEPH o. HEBERT.

' Witnesses:

JOHN A. GAYNOR, A. L. FoNgfAINE. 

